Love Actually - 10th Anniversary Edition

The quintessential movie about love and Christmas, "Love Actually" gets a stunning Blu-ray upgrade, even though the extras are status quo. The ten intersecting stories of love- British style - could have been a schmaltzy mess of Nancy Meyer’s eye-rolling madness, but instead, Richard Curtis’ exploration of the four-letter word is genuine and heartfelt.

With its charming use of music, ribald humor, and sincere emotion "Love Actually" avoids the Garry Marshall cliché’s of over-doing the sentiment by hitting it too on the nose. Curtis gives us a range of interesting characters with real problems and real stakes. While it still might end in a fairly neat bow, the ride is well worth taking. And on Blu-ray, the colors explode off the screen like the holiday confection that it is.

Special Features offer nothing much newer from the 2004 DVD release, but there is a holiday ornament inside the packaging for those that want to hang a little love on their Christmas tree.

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